Doug Hayward joins LIBERTY Dental Plan East as Senior Vice President

Douglas A. Hayward
Senior Vice President
Liberty Dental Plan East, LLC

Mr. Hayward joins LIBERTY Dental Plan East as a senior managed care executive with many years of experience having been responsible for several successful managed care business developments. As a senior executive Mr. Hayward served as:

• Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of WellCare of Connecticut (statewide Commercial, Medicaid and Medicare Health Plan)
• President and CEO of InvestCare Inc.(Consulted with National and International corporations on strategic planning, product development, marketing and sales; New York, Illinois, Washington D.C. and Connecticut)
• President and CEO of M.D. Health Plan of Connecticut (Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare and Workers Comp HMO serving all of Connecticut)
• Executive Vice President with IPM Health Plan in California (Commercial HMO serving N. California)

Mr. Hayward possesses considerable expertise in business startups, executive team leadership, network development, contract negotiations, capital development, strategic planning and new product initiatives. He has created unique benefit plans and applied management techniques to such markets as Consumer Driven Health Plans, Worker Compensation Programs and government sponsored programs such as Medicaid and Medicare.

He has consulted with managed care companies, physician group organizations and hospitals. He has participated on for profit and non profit corporate boards and lectured through out the country on innovative insurance products and managed care program concepts and applications.

Mr. Hayward is a Fellow in the National HMO Management Fellowship Program, Georgetown University, (1980). Previous to that, he received his Masters in Health Services Administration from the University of Michigan, (1976) and Bachelors Degree, also, from the University of Michigan (1973) in Urban Management & Planning.